The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman

eft hand was trembling from all the strength he put in, Raon easily put down his hand.

Slaam!

Although he didn’t use any aura to push it down, a large crater was created on the ground.

“Ah…”

Ekan’s left hand was buried in the crater.

“Th-This is impossible!”

He was drooling from his mouth.
He was apparently too shocked from the consecutive defeats.

“How could he muster so much power from that thin arm? How could he be so strong when he has nothing but small muscles?”

“Unlike your fashion muscles, my muscles are the concentrated muscles meant for battle.
They are also called the CMB.”

“F-Fashion muscle? My muscles are fashion muscles…”

Because he already lost two times, he couldn’t argue against the fashion muscles comment and buried his head in the ground.

“D-Did he lose again?”

“…That wasn’t even close.”

“It was too one-sided!”

The Heavenly Blade swordsmen’s eyes turned blank in despair as they sank to the ground.

“That’s crazy…”

Sheryl had also lost her usual cool expression.
Her lips were trembling, and her face had turned pale.

“Well then, let’s clean up.”

Raon stood up and shook off the dirt on his clothes and hands.

“Managing the horses, dish washing, cooking, tent installation, etc.
Those are the chores that the Light Wind has been doing that the Heavenly Blade are going to be in charge from now on, and we are going to get a swordsmanship lesson from the vice-division leader Ekan every evening.
Correct?”

“……”

No one responded.
Ekan, Sheryl, and the Heavenly Blade members alike—they were just standing there blankly, unable to recover from the shock.

“We are free from the chores!”

“Woaaah!”

“We can now take it easy!”

“I’ll show them how much I can nitpick.”

The Light Wind swordsmen burst into laughter in anticipation of repaying all the nitpicking they had received.

“This is why I didn’t want to do this from the beginning!”

Ekan stood up with an extreme frown on his face.
He shook his dirty left arm towards Sheryl.

“I told you I was bad at picking on people like a kid!”

He quickly signaled the dazing Heavenly Blade swordsmen with his eyes.

“Th-That’s right!”

“It was so difficult to find fault in them because they were so good at everything.”

“It was hard to nitpick them as ordered.”

They started sighing, saying that the Light Wind’s camp preparation was perfect to the point that there was nothing to criticize.

“Did you just say you nitpicked us as ordered?”

“What do you mean?”

Martha and Burren tilted their heads.

“You must’ve realized it, but our criticisms were unreasonable.”

“We weren’t trying to annoy you guys, we were just ordered to do so.”

“We wanted to do it in moderation, but you were too patient…”

The Heavenly Blade swordsmen awkwardly scratched their heads.

“No way…”

“Did the Heavenly Blade Division leader actually order you to do that?”

Every Light Wind members’ eyes were focused on the Heavenly Blade leader.

“Haa…”

Sheryl sighed and nodded.
She looked rather enervated.

“Yes.
I ordered it.”

“Why?”

“Since the Light Wind has been excellent in both missions and sparring, I wanted to take you down a peg or two so that you wouldn’t become arrogant.
However, it looks like I didn’t need to worry about you, considering how you solved this issue.
I’m sorry.”

She closed her eyes and sincerely apologized.

“We are sorry as well.”

“You did a good job.
It was difficult to find fault in you.”

“Yes, we had to act more and more childish because of that.”

“You don’t look like newbies at all.
I’m sure you will achieve great things.”

The Heavenly Blade swordsmen also bowed in apology and showered them with compliments.

“I see.”

“I did find it strange.”

“Everything was for our sake.”

The Light Wind members nodded, tricked by Ekan and the Heavenly Blade’s plot.

“Hmm, I understand if you did it for our sake.”

Raon also smiled while looking at Sheryl and the Heavenly Blade.

“Th-Thank you!”

“Yes, you are as open-minded as you are strong.”

“As expected of the students of Sir Rimmer!”

“However.”

When the Heavenly Blade swordsmen were about to brush it off, Raon raised his hand.

“Since the deal is a different story, you have to do your work.”

The reason everyone started to apologize, from Ekan to the Heavenly Blade leader, was obvious.
They wanted to get their leadership positions back without having to do all of the chores.

‘Do you take me for an idiot?’

They must’ve hoped to share the chores equally by appealing to their hearts, but apologies and the bet were different stories.
The chores were still theirs to do.

“You can see them, right?”

Raon pointed at the dishes piled up behind him.

“You should wash those dishes first and fix the night watch order after that.”

“Ah…”

Ekan and the Heavenly Blade members turned pale.
They didn’t expect him to remain so cold-hearted despite their apology.

Hmph, what a bunch of idiots.

Wrath raised his chin while looking at the Heavenly Blade.

Did you really believe this guy would overlook it when he is like a venomous snake? He will bite you and won’t release you until the very end.

He was right.
There was no way Raon would miss such a hard-earned opportunity to train.

“Since you promised, you shall do the chores.”

Sheryl let out a small sigh, looking at the Heavenly Blade swordsmen.

“You will be in charge of the chores until the end of the mission.
Start with the dish washing for now…”

“Why are you talking as if it’s someone else’s matter?”

Raon tilted his head while looking at Sheryl.

“What?”

“Remember what happened when we started this bet.
What did I say?”

“Wh-What do you mean?”

“I said, ‘If I win, the ‘Heavenly Blade’ shall take care of all the chores that we’ve been doing until the end of the mission.’ And I meant the ‘Heavenly Blade’!”

“Ah…”

Sheryl’s face turned pale upon hearing that.

“You didn’t say anything when I suggested the bet earlier, so I’m sure you aren’t going to deny it now, right? Since you are the Heavenly Blade Division leader!”

“Th-That’s…”

Her face turned red from her panic.
A Grandmaster being unable to manage her expression was a refreshing sight to behold.

“Wow!”

“Th-That’s crazy.
Seriously…”

“Did you plan all this from the beginning?”

“Is he really human?”

The Light Wind and the Heavenly Blade swordsmen exclaimed at once at the sight of Raon dominating the situation.

“I-I just made a vow.
I’m never going to offend him ever again.
I’d rather die than make him my enemy.”

“You are slow.
I already made that vow at Habun Castle.”

Krein and Dorian shook their heads.

Huh, are you even keeping her on a leash? You really are nasty! Even in Devildom, there’s no one worse than you!

Wrath was also shocked at seeing how Sheryl ended up.

“Well now, we don’t have much time.”

Raon clapped his hands to gather everyone’s attention.

“The Heavenly Blade Division leader and the members should go wash dishes, and please gather some firewood on the way back.
The vice-division leader needs to teach us the heavy sword now, so let’s move quickly.”

Raon grinned as he looked at the speechless Heavenly Blade and Light Wind.

‘Six people added to my list of doormats.’

 

* * *

 

Since the Heavenly Blade went to discuss the matter, Raon was sitting in front of the bonfire along with Light Wind members.

“A-Are you sure this is okay?”

“I’m happy about not having to work, but is it really alright to annoy the Heavenly Blade…?”

“I-I’m a bit afraid of the consequences.”

Burren, Dorian, and Krein nervously licked their lips, looking at the Heavenly Blade behind them.

“Just think about the lessons.”

“Do you prefer getting pushed around like pushovers? Why are you so scared when you are wielding a sword?”

Runaan looked happy in anticipation for the lesson, and Martha was smiling since she managed to vent her frustration.

“Don’t worry.
They aren’t the type of people to hold a grudge over something like this.”

Judging from the Heavenly Blade’s actions and speech so far, and their leader’s personality, they weren’t going to harm them just because of an incident like that.
It was okay for them to stay relaxed and enjoy themselves.

“Th-They wouldn’t, right?”

Dorian nodded and took out a snack from his belly pocket.

“Sigh, I feel like I caught some stomach disease recently.”

“Me, too.”

Burren and Krein frowned, grasping their stomachs.

“But it does feel nice to not have to do the chores.”

“Night watch is the best part for me.
I really hate having to wake up in the middle of sleeping.”

“As for me, I hated washing the dishes the most.”

“Oh, yeah.
Now that you mentioned, the dish washing was the worst.”

As Raon was listening to the Light Wind’s chatter with a smile on his face, footsteps could be heard from behind him.

Step.

It sounded like someone was coming to teach them, but the small sound couldn’t be Ekan’s footsteps.

Once the footsteps stopped in front of him, he raised his head.
And the Heavenly Blade leader was standing there, her purple hair fluttering in the wind.

“I’ll be in charge of the swordsmanship lesson instead of the vice-division leader Ekan.”

She was gently looking down on the Light Wind members with her arms crossed.

“Whaat?”

“Th-The Heavenly Blade leader is going to teach us?”

“Wow…”

“Wh-Why?”

The Light Wind members dropped their jaws while looking at the Heavenly Blade leader.

‘It went according to my plan.’

Raon chuckled while looking at her.
He was hoping that would happen when he made her do the chores and bet the swordsmanship lesson in his wager with Ekan, and it went exactly as he expected.

S-Stop your bullshit! You couldn’t have possibly thought this far unless you are a god!

Wrath stuttered.
He apparently couldn’t believe him.

‘It’s true.’

Raon chuckled, looking at the Heavenly Blade leader, who was slightly blushing.

‘Because I figured even a Grandmaster would hate to wash dishes.’